The simple messaging by the Prepsters is you can take PrEP and have “sex without fear”. This is of course marketing bullshit which needs to be called out. For the past 35 years gay men have been having “sex without fear” by using a condom and protecting themselves from HIV and other STIs. However you… Read More »
The Terence Higgins Trust (THT) safer sex leaflet “Hick from the Sticks” dates from around 1993. In it, new arrival to the city Simon has lots of sex and wonders to himself “I always use condoms, but am I really safe?” Simon meets Paul, a decent guy who tells him he is HIV+. “Any of… Read More »
You should never trust a gay man who wants unprotected sex, he will say anything to not use a condom with you. Years ago the barebacker would say “Trust me I’m HIV negative”. However this strategy has now changed. A HIV positive gay man may say “Trust me I’m undetectable, you can’t get HIV from… Read More »
It’s great to see that in every comment thread across the internet gay men aren’t accepting the simplistic propaganda about someone being undetectable for the HIV virus. The information from the gay (ill)health organisations and gay media is a classic example of how giving half the story can be misleading and downright dangerous to those… Read More »
Keep yourself safe from HIV and other STIs. By using strategies that the politically-correct gay health organisations and gay media will never tell you about and by casting a critical eye over every word they produce Despite the endless hype about tackling stigma, gay organisations and the pink media love nothing more than an easy”one-size-fits… Read More »
These doctors and interviewer (2 are PrEP users) are selling PrEP as some kind of sexual liberation and it’s your choice to have sex that gives you pleasure. This could be a disaster for gay mens’ health not just in terms of a dramatic rise of STIs, which has already happened in the USA, but… Read More »
Lets talk facts. Condoms have stopped thousands of HIV infections in the UK and compared to other parts of the world the campaigns, including the iceberg, have been an amazing success. HIV infection rates declined in the UK along with other STIs. Yet condoms are not seen as the answer to the spread of HIV… Read More »
Twenty-five years ago, Gay Men Fighting AIDS (GMFA) was a worthwhile organisation. Its stylish ads promoting condom use would pop up on Channel 4 in the middle of the gay current affairs series “Out”. About twenty years ago the charity began to change. Despite being just a few percent of the UK gay male population,… Read More »
Do you read articles from the gay (ill)health charities on sexuality and see that as the given norm? Well the best advice we can give you here at GMAP is don’t! Make your own way and find what’s comfortable and satisfying for you. Remember many of the gay men at these organisations have never left… Read More »
If someone takes PrEP when they are already HIV+ but don’t know that they’re infected, this can create a hard to treat, drug resistant strain of HIV. We said that encouraging gay men in the UK to obtain and use PrEP through websites was a dangerous and stupid strategy for that reason. The survey carried… Read More »